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China administered total of 1.976 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Aug. 24
BEIJING (Reuters) - China administered about 13.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Aug. 24, bringing the total number of doses administered to 1.976 billion, data from the National Health Commiss...
Aug 25, 2021
Thailand develops robotic system to squeeze out more vaccine doses
By Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - As Thailand struggles with its worst coronavirus outbreak yet, researchers in the country have developed a machine to draw out COVID-19 vaccine doses more ef...
Aug 25, 2021
UK says deadline for Afghanistan evacuation is to the last minute of Aug. 31
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Wednesday that the deadline for evacuating people from Afghanistan was up to the last minute of this month. Raab was asked after a Whit...
Aug 25, 2021
Morrisons set to enter FTSE 100 as M&A interest boost shares
LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket Morrisons is set to enter the FTSE 100 index, Britain's blue chip benchmark, after its share price surged over 60% since receiving an offer from private equity f...
Aug 25, 2021
Marketmind: Europe’s powerhouse just isn’t feeling it
LONDON (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead from Dhara Ranasinghe. As the COVID-19 Delta variant and supply chain disruptions persist globally, damage inflicted on business sentiment in Europe's bigges...
Aug 25, 2021
‘Very probable’ that France’s Afghan evacuation operations will end Thursday -minister
PARIS (Reuters) - It is "very probable" that France's operations to evacuate its citizens and partners from Afghanistan will end on Thursday, French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune told C New...
Aug 25, 2021
German exports to China fall for first time in nearly a year
BERLIN (Reuters) - German exports to China declined for the first time in nearly a year in July, easing by 3.9% year-on-year to 8.4 billion euros ($9.9 billion), the statistics office said on Wednesda...
Aug 25, 2021
Klarna transactions value jumps as U.S. growth gives boost
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish "buy now, pay later" company Klarna on Wednesday reported a jump in transactions using its platform for the April-June quarter as it reached 20 million users in the United...
Aug 25, 2021
EY fined $4.8 million by UK accounting watchdog over Stagecoach audit
(Reuters) - Britain's accounting watchdog said on Wednesday it has fined Ernst & Young LLP 3.5 million pounds ($4.80 million) over the audit of transport firm Stagecoach Group's financial statements i...
Aug 25, 2021
Iraq seeks to ease Saudi-Iran hostility at Baghdad summit
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has invited Iran and Tehran's Gulf Arab foes to a summit in Baghdad with the aim of calming tensions which have brought them close to open conflict in recent ...
Aug 25, 2021
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